RC Car Tips

Thursday, November 26, 2009

The 2010 on-road electric touring r/c car season will be exciting given the three new cars from the best companies. The Tamiya 416x, the XRAY T3 and the Schumacher Mi4LP. All beautifully designed for racing. Which one to buy? So hard to pick, all are winners by looking at them.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

A lot of people ask me how much these radio control trucks cost. And usually the high cost is a deterrent for them to join the hobby. Fortunately today, Short Course (SC) radio controlled trucks, priced at around $190 - $220 ready to run makes it easy and cheap to get started in racing.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Nitro rc cars racing and running in the 1990s. This event was covered by Radio Control Car Action magazine and was in their 1997 issue. This is the Kyosho World Cup 1997 finals won by Team Philippines.

Here they do a lemans start where pitcrew run to the cars, pull start the engine then start racing. There is also a driver change during the 60 minute final, driver will run down from the driver stand to tag the co-driver in.

These Kyosho cars are so realistic. There were popular bodies and models such as the Ford GT. And with such a big track racing was very realistic.

Hope you like this nostalgic video. RC racing was really the best in the 90s!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

On 8 Nov 2009, I joined a race that was held inside a mall. What was unique was there was a race for 1/8 nitro rc buggies! This is the first time in my 32 years enjoying the hobby have I seen nitro rc cars racing inside a mall and watched by thousands of people throughout the day. Here are videos and photos:

Sunday, November 01, 2009

First, wishing you a Happy Halloween. Here is a short video of my halloween. Over 3,000+ trick or treaters from 3pm - 6pm. Over 5,000 candies handed out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtbEtMuImiY

Second, I decided to put my new articles and tips on www.rccarsrtr.com. Reason is I am now using wordpress and it is easier to organize my content. I will leave www.rccartips.com untouched as I think it still has a lot of relevant content.